Posted by strawberry on 12/22/06 10:16

strawberry wrote:

> Erwin Moller wrote:
>
> > Nico wrote:
> >
> > > I have an idea but don't know if it's possible, from a technical point
> > > of view.
> > > Imagine to have some text.
> > >
> > > Example
> > > "John and Mary go to the cinema."
> > >
> > > I'd like to have this kind of links.
> > > By selecting "John" I can go to:
> > > Link 1 (eg. page 1)
> > > Link 2 (eg. page 2)
> > > Link ...
> > >
> > > By selecting "John and Mery" I can go to:
> > > Link 4 (eg. page 4)
> > > Link 5 (eg. page 5)
> > > Link ...
> > >
> > > So, the word John can be included in two links.
> > > The links are multidirected.
> > > Do you know if there is a package useful for this purpose?
> > > On the contrary, do you have some suggestion useful to achieve this goal?
> > > I really don't know how to start.
> > >
> > > It could be nice to have this possibility.
> > >
> > > Example
> > > "John and Mary go to the cinema."
> > >
> > > I could choose:
> > >
> > > "[John] and Mary go to the cinema."
> > > and then go to select among the possible "John" links.
> > >
> > > or:
> > >
> > > "[John and Mary] go to the cinema."
> > > and then go to select among the possible "John and Mary" links.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> > > Many thanks.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Nico
> >
> > Hi Nico,
> >
> > It is not clear to me what you mean by 'choose'.
> > Do you want 'John' to be hyperlinked?
> > Or do you want to hyperlink 'John and Mary'?
> >
> > And how do you tell what people mean if they click John? Should that be
> > 'John' alone or 'John and Mary'?
> >
> > If you want to open multiple link, you'll need a bit a JavaScript to do that
> > for you (it is easy, look up window.open()).
> >
> > Regards,
> > Erwin Moller
>
> It doesn't sound like a hyperlink to me - more like a series of radio
> buttons, except that the buttons happen to be text

or maybe checkboxes are a more appropriate analogy

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